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telephone number (913) 551 7147 or by
email at bhesania.amy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to an
adverse comment, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing
the direct final rule to approve a
revision submitted by the State of
Missouri and received by EPA on
December 17, 2013, pertaining to
Missouri’s rule ‘‘Controlling Emissions
During Episodes of High Air Pollution
Potential.’’ In the direct final rule
published on November 4, 2014 (79 FR
65346), we stated that if we received
adverse comment by December 4, 2014,
the rule would be withdrawn and not
take effect. EPA subsequently received
an adverse comment. EPA will address
the comment received in a subsequent
final action based upon the proposed
action also published on November 4,
2014, (79 FR 65362). EPA will not
institute a second comment period on
this action.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
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pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for installation dates, times, and
locations.
DATES:
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
(HMS); 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery
Management Plan (FMP); Amendment
7
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of installation schedule
for electronic monitoring equipment.
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AGENCY:
On December 2, 2014, NMFS
published the final rule for Amendment
7 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP
(Amendment 7) to ensure sustainable
management of bluefin tuna consistent
with the 2006 HMS FMP and address
ongoing challenges in the Atlantic
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Installation of EM
equipment is scheduled at the following
ports: Cape Canaveral, FL; Panama City,
FL; Dulac, LA; Wanchese, NC, Beaufort,
NC, and Barnegat Light, NJ. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates, times, and locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Warren or Brad McHale at 978–
281–9260; or Craig Cockrell at 301–427–
8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic
tuna fisheries are managed under the
dual authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA).
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act,
NMFS must manage fisheries to
maintain optimum yield on a
continuing basis while preventing
overfishing. ATCA authorizes the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to
promulgate regulations as may be
necessary and appropriate to carry out
recommendations of the International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The authority
to issue regulations under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and ATCA has
been delegated from the Secretary to the
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NMFS. Management of these species is
described in the 2006 Consolidated
HMS FMP, which is implemented by
regulations at 50 CFR part 635.
ADDRESSES:
Dated: December 15, 2014.
Mark J. Hague,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
SUMMARY:
bluefin tuna fisheries. The regulations
implemented by the final rule require
that an owner or operator of a
commercial vessel permitted or required
to be permitted in the Atlantic Tunas
Longline category and that has pelagic
longline gear on board that vessel, have
installed, operate, and maintain an
electronic monitoring (EM) system on
the vessel. To enable vessels to comply
with the EM requirements, NMFS is
scheduling dates and locations for
installation of, and training on the
operation of, EM equipment on up to
135 vessels that were deemed eligible
for initial bluefin tuna quota shares in
Amendment 7. Although most
Amendment 7 measures are effective as
of January 1, 2015, the final rule
specifies that EM installation must be
completed by June 1, 2015, to fish with
pelagic longline gear after that date.
Therefore, in this notice NMFS is
scheduling EM installations between
January 1 and June 1, 2015. Pursuant to
Amendment 7, NMFS is also providing
information about the EM installation
process.
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Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated
HMS FMP may be found online at:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/
documents/fmp/am7/index.html.
On December 2, 2014, NMFS
published the final rule for Amendment
7 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP
to, among other things, take actions
related to the operation and
management of the Atlantic bluefin tuna
fishery, including measures applicable
to the pelagic longline fishery, including
Individual Bluefin Quotas (IBQs) and
expanded monitoring requirements,
including electronic monitoring via
cameras (79 FR 71510). The regulations
implemented by the final rule require
that an owner or operator of a
commercial vessel permitted or required
to be permitted in the Atlantic Tunas
Longline category and that has pelagic
longline gear on board that vessel, have
installed, operate, and maintain an EM
system on the vessel. To enable eligible
vessels to comply with the EM
requirements, NMFS is scheduling dates
and locations for installation of and
training on the operation of EM
equipment. Although most Amendment
7 measures are effective as of January 1,
2015, EM installation must be
completed by June 1, 2015, to fish with
pelagic longline gear after that date.
NMFS has identified funds to pay for
the required equipment and its initial
installation prior to June 1, 2015, for the
currently eligible vessels (135 vessels
with Atlantic Tunas Longline permits
deemed eligible to receive Individual
Bluefin Quota (IBQ) shares pursuant to
Amendment 7). This will ease the
regulated community’s burden
associated with the new monitoring
requirements. NMFS sent certified
letters on December 4, 2014, to the
permit holders to inform them of the
eligibility status of their Atlantic Tunas
Longline permit. Funding for future
equipment and installations, and
installations of EM on vessels other than
the 135 initially identified is uncertain,
as is installation after June 1, 2015, even
for eligible vessels. The following
descriptions and instructions are
consistent with the Amendment 7 final
rule:
Vessel owners and/or operators
should, in the near future, call
Saltwater, Inc., the NMFS-approved
contractor, at 800–770–3241, to
schedule EM installation and training
for eligible vessels at one of the ports
specified in Table 1, and to discuss
logistics (time, precise location, etc.)
with the contractor. As specified in the
final rule, prior to the scheduled date of
installation, vessel owners/operators
must purchase a fitting for the pressure
side of the line of the drum hydraulic
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system. The fitting may be either ‘‘T’’ or
inline, with a female 1⁄4 threaded
National Pipe Thread (NPT) port, to
enable connection to the pressure
transducer (a component of the EM
system).
Before the scheduled date of
installation, the NMFS-approved
contractor may contact vessel operators
in person or by phone to ask questions
to help them determine power supply,
vessel configuration, and other
considerations necessary to facilitate
installation of the EM system and to
ensure the system’s compatibility with
the vessel. The vessel owner and/or
operator should be present on the day
of installation to facilitate equipment
installation and provide access to the
vessel and information to Saltwater,
Inc., about the power supply and other
vessel infrastructure and other
information as needed. The dates and
locations of the EM installations are
listed below in Table 1. These dates and
locations were chosen based on several
factors to reduce the potential for the
installation schedule to interfere with
fishing trips and to minimize the
distances vessel may have to travel. In
order to provide as much flexibility as
possible for the locations of a limited
number of installations, NMFS will
announce any additional locations or
changes in locations, if warranted, in a
future notice (‘‘To Be Determined’’).
TABLE 1—DATES AND LOCATIONS OF
ELECTRONIC MONITORING INSTALLATIONS
Name of port
January 16 through
25.
February 14 through
23.
March 16 through 25
Cape Canaveral, FL.
Panama City, FL.
Cape Canaveral, FL.
Dulac, LA.
Wanchese, NC.
Beaufort, NC.
Wanchese, NC.
Dulac, LA.
To Be Determined.
Barnegat Light, NJ.
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May 11 through 17,
and 19 through 25.
Other Installations
If a vessel owner and/or operator of an
eligible vessel is not able to coordinate
installation with Saltwater, Inc., on one
of the dates and locations listed in Table
1, the vessel operator should contact
Saltwater, Inc., at 800–770–3241 to
determine whether another mutuallyagreed upon location and date before
June 1, 2015, is feasible for installation
and training. NMFS cannot guarantee
that an alternate location or date will be
provided given the limited funding and
time available to complete installation
of the EM equipment and training.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801
et seq.
Dated: December 23, 2014.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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RIN 0648–XD651
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; 2015 Summer Flounder, Scup,
and Black Sea Specifications and 2015
Commercial Summer Flounder Quota
Adjustments
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: 2015 Summer Flounder, Scup,
and Black Sea Specifications and 2015
commercial summer flounder state
quotas.
AGENCY:
NMFS is announcing revised
commercial quotas and recreational
harvest limits for the 2015 summer
flounder, scup, and black sea bass
fisheries, as well as the commercial
summer flounder state quotas for fishing
year 2015. This is necessary to
incorporate adjustments to the quotas
due to the suspension of the Research
Set-Aside program, implement an
accountability measure for the
commercial black sea bass fishery, and,
for summer flounder state quotas,
account for any previously unaccounted
for overages from fishing year 2013 and
any known overages to date from fishing
year 2014. The intent of this action is to
modify the established harvest levels to
ensure that these species are not
overfished or subject to overfishing in
2015.
SUMMARY:
Date range (2015)
April 14 through 23 ...
Therefore, vessel owners and/or
operators should make a concerted
effort to make plans to adhere to the EM
installation schedule in Table 1.
Effective January 1, 2015,
through December 31, 2015.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Moira Kelly, Fishery Policy Analyst,
(978) 281–9218.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission
cooperatively manage the summer
flounder, scup, and black sea bass
fisheries. Specifications for these
fisheries include the acceptable
biological catch (ABC) limit, various
catch and landing subdivisions (such as
the commercial and recreational sector
annual catch limits (ACLs)), annual
catch targets (ACTs), sector-specific
landing limits (i.e., the commercial
fishery quotas and recreational harvest
limits), and research set-aside quotas
established for one or more fishing
years. Typically, these specifications are
set on an annual or multi-year basis and
announced in the Federal Register in
December. The specifications
rulemaking for 2014 was delayed
because of a summer flounder stock
assessment. This delay allowed the
Council to establish the 2015
specifications in May 2014, in
conjunction with the revised 2014
specifications (May 22, 2014; 79 FR
29371). The 2015 specifications were
based on recommendations that the
Council made in October 2013, and
included commercial quotas and
recreational harvest limits as adjusted
for a 3-percent reduction in landings to
accommodate the Research Set-Aside
program.
Research Set-Aside Quota Restoration
The Research Set-Aside program has
recently been the subject of significant
debate regarding its effectiveness in
providing useful research and for
enforcement concerns. At its August
2014 meeting, the Council voted to
suspend the Research Set-Aside
program for fishing year 2015 and to
conduct a comprehensive review of the
program. As a result, the previously
deducted Research Set-Aside amounts
will be redistributed to the respective
commercial quota and recreational
harvest limits, as follows:
TABLE 1—PREVIOUSLY DEDUCTED
RESEARCH SET-ASIDE QUOTA
lb
Commercial Summer
Flounder ................
Recreational Summer
Flounder ................
Commercial Scup .....
Recreational Scup ....
Commercial Black
Sea Bass ...............
Recreational Black
Sea Bass ...............
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332,898
151
220,462
637,136
205,030
100
289
93
70,548
32
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[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-30521]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 635
RIN 0648-BC09
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); 2006 Consolidated HMS
Fishery Management Plan (FMP); Amendment 7
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of installation schedule for electronic monitoring
equipment.
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SUMMARY: On December 2, 2014, NMFS published the final rule for
Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP (Amendment 7) to ensure
sustainable management of bluefin tuna consistent with the 2006 HMS FMP
and address ongoing challenges in the Atlantic bluefin tuna fisheries.
The regulations implemented by the final rule require that an owner or
operator of a commercial vessel permitted or required to be permitted
in the Atlantic Tunas Longline category and that has pelagic longline
gear on board that vessel, have installed, operate, and maintain an
electronic monitoring (EM) system on the vessel. To enable vessels to
comply with the EM requirements, NMFS is scheduling dates and locations
for installation of, and training on the operation of, EM equipment on
up to 135 vessels that were deemed eligible for initial bluefin tuna
quota shares in Amendment 7. Although most Amendment 7 measures are
effective as of January 1, 2015, the final rule specifies that EM
installation must be completed by June 1, 2015, to fish with pelagic
longline gear after that date. Therefore, in this notice NMFS is
scheduling EM installations between January 1 and June 1, 2015.
Pursuant to Amendment 7, NMFS is also providing information about the
EM installation process.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for installation dates, times, and
locations.
ADDRESSES: Installation of EM equipment is scheduled at the following
ports: Cape Canaveral, FL; Panama City, FL; Dulac, LA; Wanchese, NC,
Beaufort, NC, and Barnegat Light, NJ. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
specific dates, times, and locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Warren or Brad McHale at 978-
281-9260; or Craig Cockrell at 301-427-8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic tuna fisheries are managed under
the dual authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the Atlantic Tunas Convention
Act (ATCA). Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, NMFS must manage fisheries
to maintain optimum yield on a continuing basis while preventing
overfishing. ATCA authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to
promulgate regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out
recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The authority to issue regulations under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and ATCA has been delegated from the Secretary to
the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS. Management of these
species is described in the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP, which is
implemented by regulations at 50 CFR part 635. Amendment 7 to the 2006
Consolidated HMS FMP may be found online at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am7/index.html.
On December 2, 2014, NMFS published the final rule for Amendment 7
to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP to, among other things, take actions
related to the operation and management of the Atlantic bluefin tuna
fishery, including measures applicable to the pelagic longline fishery,
including Individual Bluefin Quotas (IBQs) and expanded monitoring
requirements, including electronic monitoring via cameras (79 FR
71510). The regulations implemented by the final rule require that an
owner or operator of a commercial vessel permitted or required to be
permitted in the Atlantic Tunas Longline category and that has pelagic
longline gear on board that vessel, have installed, operate, and
maintain an EM system on the vessel. To enable eligible vessels to
comply with the EM requirements, NMFS is scheduling dates and locations
for installation of and training on the operation of EM equipment.
Although most Amendment 7 measures are effective as of January 1, 2015,
EM installation must be completed by June 1, 2015, to fish with pelagic
longline gear after that date. NMFS has identified funds to pay for the
required equipment and its initial installation prior to June 1, 2015,
for the currently eligible vessels (135 vessels with Atlantic Tunas
Longline permits deemed eligible to receive Individual Bluefin Quota
(IBQ) shares pursuant to Amendment 7). This will ease the regulated
community's burden associated with the new monitoring requirements.
NMFS sent certified letters on December 4, 2014, to the permit holders
to inform them of the eligibility status of their Atlantic Tunas
Longline permit. Funding for future equipment and installations, and
installations of EM on vessels other than the 135 initially identified
is uncertain, as is installation after June 1, 2015, even for eligible
vessels. The following descriptions and instructions are consistent
with the Amendment 7 final rule:
Vessel owners and/or operators should, in the near future, call
Saltwater, Inc., the NMFS-approved contractor, at 800-770-3241, to
schedule EM installation and training for eligible vessels at one of
the ports specified in Table 1, and to discuss logistics (time, precise
location, etc.) with the contractor. As specified in the final rule,
prior to the scheduled date of installation, vessel owners/operators
must purchase a fitting for the pressure side of the line of the drum
hydraulic
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system. The fitting may be either ``T'' or inline, with a female \1/4\
threaded National Pipe Thread (NPT) port, to enable connection to the
pressure transducer (a component of the EM system).
Before the scheduled date of installation, the NMFS-approved
contractor may contact vessel operators in person or by phone to ask
questions to help them determine power supply, vessel configuration,
and other considerations necessary to facilitate installation of the EM
system and to ensure the system's compatibility with the vessel. The
vessel owner and/or operator should be present on the day of
installation to facilitate equipment installation and provide access to
the vessel and information to Saltwater, Inc., about the power supply
and other vessel infrastructure and other information as needed. The
dates and locations of the EM installations are listed below in Table
1. These dates and locations were chosen based on several factors to
reduce the potential for the installation schedule to interfere with
fishing trips and to minimize the distances vessel may have to travel.
In order to provide as much flexibility as possible for the locations
of a limited number of installations, NMFS will announce any additional
locations or changes in locations, if warranted, in a future notice
(``To Be Determined'').
Table 1--Dates and Locations of Electronic Monitoring Installations
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Date range (2015) Name of port
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January 16 through 25..................... Cape Canaveral, FL.
Panama City, FL.
February 14 through 23.................... Cape Canaveral, FL.
Dulac, LA.
March 16 through 25....................... Wanchese, NC.
Beaufort, NC.
April 14 through 23....................... Wanchese, NC.
Dulac, LA.
May 11 through 17, and 19 through 25...... To Be Determined.
Barnegat Light, NJ.
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Other Installations
If a vessel owner and/or operator of an eligible vessel is not able
to coordinate installation with Saltwater, Inc., on one of the dates
and locations listed in Table 1, the vessel operator should contact
Saltwater, Inc., at 800-770-3241 to determine whether another mutually-
agreed upon location and date before June 1, 2015, is feasible for
installation and training. NMFS cannot guarantee that an alternate
location or date will be provided given the limited funding and time
available to complete installation of the EM equipment and training.
Therefore, vessel owners and/or operators should make a concerted
effort to make plans to adhere to the EM installation schedule in Table
1.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 23, 2014.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-30521 Filed 12-24-14; 11:15 am]
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